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quadricepses

quadricepses is the plural of quadriceps.

Meaning of quadriceps

Noun

quadriceps (plural quadricepses or quadriceps)

  1. A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
    • Lanctot slipped the tourniquet around the other, just under his groin, and twisted it tight, clamping quadriceps and hamstring hard to bone.2021 October 20, C. J. Chivers, “Fear on Cape Cod as Sharks Hunt Again”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2022
    Synonyms:
    quads

Questions about quadricepses

What is quadricepses the plural of?
Quadricepses is the plural of quadriceps.

Words near quadricepses in the dictionary

  1. quadriceps
  2. quadriceps femores
  3. quadriceps femoris
  4. quadriceps tendon
  5. quadriceps tendons
  6. quadricepses
  7. quadricepsplasties
  8. quadricepsplasty
  9. quadrichord
  10. quadrichords
  11. quadrichotomize

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